v. To shamelessly flirt and schmooze on Twitter, knowing the world and his dog could be watching.

We may twirt with an individual we like, or send a coquettish and provocative public tweet deliberately in attempt to sway our online popularity in the social media spectrum. Sometimes this carnal behaviour extends to a tweep of the same sex to encourage eyebrow raising, chinwagging and hence more followers.

A lucky few may meet Mr or Mrs Right. Be wary to check credentials before getting too involved since said twitterer may in fact be an African prince trying to obtain your bank details.